The Breed

I liked two points in this movie. First wild dogs that really made me fear during the movie and the struggle of young people to get out of this trouble.They use their brain and prepare some plans based on their mental level.

It was one of the best horror movies I have ever seen.Wild dogs can make a movie more scary than strange creatures can do.I think, it is because of the reality, that is, wild dogs are real things and really exist in our life and everyone is afraid of wild dogs but some creatures which are used in horror movies do not exist in real life and this property reduces the level of impression we can get during the movie.

I remember watching director Nicholas Mastandrea's 2006 movie "The Breed" back in the day when it was a new movie. But I haven't watched it since, and thus I opted to revisit the movie here in 2025, as I had the opportunity to do so.

Writers Bob Conte and Peter Wortmann put together a rather straightforward script and storyline that was easy to follow, yet remained entertaining and enjoyable throughout the course of the entire movie.

While the movie has a small cast ensemble, it is actually a great cast ensemble, and with some very familiar faces on the screen. With the likes of Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson, Taryn Manning and Eric Lively, to mention the familiar faces only, then you are certainly in capable company. The acting performances in the movie are good.

The character gallery in the movie was nice, as the writers were capable of putting together characters with the ability to think reasonably and not just mill about on the screen as mindless eye-candy, which is often the case in horror movies.

The dogs in the movie are very convincing, and thus have been very well-trained. And a movie such as "The Breed" wouldn't have been as entertaining and effective if the dogs weren't this capable. Just look at the recently released 2025 movie "A Breed Apart".

If you haven't already seen "The Breed", and you get then chance to do so, I would say that it is a movie that is worth checking out.

My rating of director Nicholas Mastandrea's 2006 movie "The Breed" lands on a five out of ten stars.

I watched this Movie with Not a lot of hope after reading some of the reviews here, Lets say I was pleasantly surprised. OK you can pick holes in any movie all day long if you try but this was a Good Solid hour and a Halfs Viewing. The Subject matter was a bit different for a Horror film, with no need for stupid poor CGI, the characters all acted like they had a Brain and the acting was pretty good. Is it worth the money to go to the Cinema and see. Well maybe, but as a Saturday night DVD you wont go far wrong. Its Good solid chewing gum for the eyes , I'm giving it 7 out of 10 Purely because It surprised me how much the characters thought there actions through, and the Entertainment value on the Small budget. Don't Hesitate to Rent it

Movie concepts don't get much simpler than this: on a supposedly deserted island, genetically enhanced, rabid-like dogs attack five college kids who have gone there for a weekend of fun. It's kind of surprising that a movie like this, made in 2006, still gets theatrical release in some countries; this is usually direct-to-DVD stuff. With that said, however, "The Breed" is effective at what it sets out to do. What gives this movie an edge over other contemporary "creature features" is that the "creatures" are real, highly-trained dogs instead of fake CGI bats, crocodiles, snakes, spiders or whatever. This adds an element of realism to the proceedings, as does the fact that the characters behave rationally for the most part. Michelle Rodriguez looks great (what else is new?) and shows her physicality, and the rest of the cast may not be brilliant, but they're not bad, either. The movie does suffer from a terrible ending though - it was probably intended as a shock but it's so sudden that it looks as if the producers ran out of money or time or something. (**)

When I went to the cinema I was supposed to see Almodovar's "Volver" and now I regret not to have done it. "The Breed" begins and ends like the typical horror film that we're used to see: some college friends go to a desert place where strange creatures haunt and kill them one by one. Here there are super-angry dogs but we will never get to know what really happened to them. Poor dogs... Someone imagines to see a psychic doctor or something similar, but there's nothing, probably an experiment gone badly. There is also a little drama but just like the whole film it is something we have already seen. In the end it's not a boring film but it's dejà-vu without any kind of explanation.